If you were Armenia…….

My newsletter of November 2024:

Thank you for all your responses to my request for help with my clients on the craft accelerators, the trip to Astana, and the content for https://www.openincubator.ie (getting there, have a look). It is much appreciated.

Connected 2024

Astana and Kazakhstan were an amazing experience. I got quite a lot of publicity. Have a look:

* Article in Astana Times
* Interview on Youtube

I was particularly struck by how central they are (as one of the biggest countries in the world) in the new geopolitical reality and how their orientation is East rather than West. Do you really start to question the relevance of Europe (and the USA)?).

Cultural middleware

In the interviews, I stole a term from my friend Frank Hannigan, which is “cultural middleware”. The ability to engage and understand Russia, China, India, South East Asia and the Middle East. Young, well-educated, and also fluent in English, with a huge diaspora. I had the pleasure of working with their climate tech startups. They will eat a lot of our European startups for breakfast. Kazakhstan reminds me of Ireland in the 90s. A place to watch.

Armenia